Somsak Kongpeeng is one of her neighbors, and a community volunteer.
Somsak Kongpeeng是她的一位邻居，也是社区里的志愿者。
“If you travel on the canal boats, you can see how this is all hollow4,” he says.
他说：“如果你乘运河船，就可以看到这儿都全凹陷下去了。"
“The buildings are sinking because they were not built on solid foundations5.”
建筑物在下沉，因为地基不够坚固。
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But he is also partly serious.
但是他是半开玩笑的。
That might be only a small overstatement in a city that is, on average, just two meters above sea level.
说城市里的水位平均高于海平面2米可能有点夸大其词了。
Many homes and other structures were built on soft clay.
许多住房和其他建筑物都是用软黏土建造的。
